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PREFIX
a-
— without, not, lack of
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an-
— without, not, lack of
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ab-
— away from
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ad-
— toward, near
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ante-
— before, in front of
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anti-
— against
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bi-
— two, double
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brady-
— slow
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circum-
— around
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contra-
— against, opposite
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de-
— down from, away from
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dia-
— through, complete, apart
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dis-
— apart, away, not
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dys-
— bad, difficult, painful
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ec-, ecto-
— outside, outer, external
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en-, endo-
— within, inside
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epi-
— above, upon, over
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eu-
— normal, good, true
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ex-, exo-
— outside, outward
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hemi-
— half
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hetero-
— different, other
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homo-
— same, alike
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hydro-
— water, fluid
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hyper-
— above, excessive, beyond
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hypo-
— below, deficient, under
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in-
— in, into, not
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infra-
— below, beneath
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inter-
— between
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intra-
— within, inside
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iso-
— equal, same
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macro-
— large, big
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mal-
— bad, abnormal
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mega-
— large, great
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meta-
— change, beyond, after
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micro-
— small
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mono-
— one, single
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multi-
— many, much
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neo-
— new
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pan-
— all, entire
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para-
— beside, near, abnormal
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peri-
— around, surrounding
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poly-
— many, much, excessive
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post-
— after, behind
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pre-
— before, in front of
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pro-
— before, in front of, forward
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pseudo-
— false, fake
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re-
— again, back
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retro-
— backward, behind
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semi-
— half, partial
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sub-
— below, under, less than
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super-, supra-
— above, over, excess
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sym-, syn-
— together, with, joined
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tachy-
— fast, rapid
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trans-
— across, through
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tri-
— three
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ultra-
— beyond, excessive
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uni-
— one, single
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auto-
— self, same
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cata-
— down, under, against
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con-, com-
— with, together, jointly
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nulli-
— none, not any
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oligo-
— scanty, few, little, deficient
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primi-
— first
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quadri-, tetra-
— four
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xero-
— dry
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SUFFIX
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous
— pertaining to, relating to
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SUFFIX
-algia
— pain
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-centesis
— surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
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-cyte
— cell
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-desis
— surgical fixation, binding
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-ectomy
— surgical removal, excision
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-emia
— blood condition
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-genesis
— producing, forming, origin
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-genic
— producing, causing
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-gram
— record, written picture
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-graph
— instrument for recording
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-graphy
— process of recording
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-ia, -ism, -iasis, -osis
— condition, state, process
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-itis
— inflammation
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-logist
— one who specializes in the study of
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-logy
— study of
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-lysis
— destruction, dissolution, separation
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-malacia
— softening
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-megaly
— enlargement
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-meter
— instrument for measuring
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-metry
— process of measuring
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-oid
— resembling, like
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-oma
— tumor, mass
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-opsy
— view of
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-orrhagia, -rrhage
— bursting forth of blood
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-orrhaphy
— suture
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-orrhea
— flow, discharge
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-orrhexis
— rupture
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-oscopy, -scopy
— visual examination
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-osis
— abnormal condition, increased production
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-ostomy, -stomy
— new opening (surgically created)
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-otomy, -tomy
— incision into
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-pathy
— disease, suffering
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-penia
— deficiency, decrease
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-pexy
— surgical fixation
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-phagia, -phage
— eating, swallowing
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-phasia
— speech
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-phobia
— abnormal fear
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-plasty
— surgical repair, reconstruction
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-plegia
— paralysis
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-pnea
— breathing
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-scope
— instrument for visual examination
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-spasm
— sudden involuntary contraction
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-stenosis
— narrowing, stricture
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-therapy
— treatment
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-trophy
— development, nourishment
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-uria
— urine condition
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-ase
— enzyme
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-blast
— immature cell, developing cell
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-clasia, -clasis
— break, fracture (surgical)
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-crine
— to secrete
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-crit
— to separate
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-cusis
— hearing condition
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-emesis
— vomiting
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-gravida
— pregnant woman
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-kinesia, -kinesis
— movement
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-mania
— obsessive preoccupation
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-opia, -opsia
— vision condition
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-parous
— bearing, having given birth
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-partum
— birth, delivery, labor
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-phonia
— voice, sound
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-plasia
— formation, development, growth
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-poiesis
— formation, production (blood cells)
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-ptosis
— drooping, prolapse, falling
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-ptysis
— spitting, coughing up
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-tocia
— labor, birth, delivery
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-tripsy
— crushing
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-version
— turning
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aden/o
— gland
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alb/o
— white
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angi/o
— vessel (blood/lymph)
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bi/o
— life
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carcin/o
— cancer
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chrom/o
— color
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cry/o
— cold
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cyt/o
— cell
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electr/o
— electricity
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erythr/o
— red
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fibr/o
— fiber, fibrous
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gen/o
— produce, origin, formation
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hist/o
— tissue
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lei/o
— smooth
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leuk/o
— white
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lip/o
— fat
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lith/o
— stone, calculus
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melan/o
— black, dark
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morph/o
— shape, form
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necr/o
— death
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onc/o
— tumor, mass
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path/o
— disease
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pharmac/o
— drug, medicine
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plas/o
— formation, development
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py/o
— pus
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rhabd/o
— rod-shaped, striated
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scler/o
— hardening, hard
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somat/o
— body
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stasis
— stopping, controlling
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therm/o
— heat
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tox/o, toxic/o
— poison
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troph/o
— nourishment, development
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xanth/o
— yellow
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arthr/o
— joint
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burs/o
— bursa (fluid-filled sac)
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carp/o
— carpus, wrist bones
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chondr/o
— cartilage
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cost/o
— rib
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crani/o
— cranium, skull
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kyph/o
— humpback, posterior curve
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lord/o
— curve, swayback
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lumb/o
— lumbar, lower back
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my/o
— muscle
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myel/o
— bone marrow, spinal cord
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oste/o
— bone
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scoli/o
— crooked, curved
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spondyl/o
— vertebra, spinal column
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stern/o
— sternum, breastbone
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tend/o, tendin/o
— tendon
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aort/o
— aorta
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arteri/o
— artery
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ather/o
— fatty, plaque
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atri/o
— atrium
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cardi/o
— heart
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phleb/o
— vein
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sphygm/o
— pulse
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thromb/o
— clot, thrombus
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ven/o, phleb/o
— vein
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ventricul/o
— ventricle (heart/brain)
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immun/o
— immunity, immune
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lymph/o
— lymph
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lymphaden/o
— lymph node
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splen/o
— spleen
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thym/o
— thymus gland
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tonsill/o
— tonsil
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alveol/o
— alveolus, air sac
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bronch/o, bronchi/o
— bronchus
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diaphragm/o, phren/o
— diaphragm
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epiglott/o
— epiglottis
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laryng/o
— larynx, voice box
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nas/o, rhin/o
— nose
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ox/i, ox/o
— oxygen
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pharyng/o
— pharynx, throat
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pleur/o
— pleura
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pneum/o, pneumon/o
— lung, air, gas
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pulmon/o
— lung
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spir/o
— to breathe
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thorac/o
— thorax, chest
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trache/o
— trachea, windpipe
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abdomin/o, lapar/o
— abdomen
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an/o
— anus
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appendic/o
— appendix
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chol/e
— bile, gall
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cholecyst/o
— gallbladder
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col/o, colon/o
— colon, large intestine
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duoden/o
— duodenum
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enter/o
— small intestine
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esophag/o
— esophagus
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gastr/o
— stomach
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gloss/o, lingu/o
— tongue
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hepat/o
— liver
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ile/o
— ileum (small intestine)
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or/o, stomat/o
— mouth
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pancreat/o
— pancreas
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proct/o, rect/o
— rectum/anus
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cyst/o, vesic/o
— bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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glomerul/o
— glomerulus (kidney filter)
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nephr/o, ren/o
— kidney
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pyel/o
— renal pelvis
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ureter/o
— ureter
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urethr/o
— urethra
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ur/o, urin/o
— urine, urinary tract
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cerebell/o
— cerebellum (little brain)
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cerebr/o
— cerebrum, brain
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encephal/o
— brain
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mening/o
— meninges (brain/spinal coverings)
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neur/o
— nerve
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psych/o
— mind
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audi/o, acous/o
— hearing, sound
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blephar/o
— eyelid
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conjunctiv/o
— conjunctiva
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dacry/o, lacrim/o
— tears, tear duct
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ir/o, irid/o
— iris
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kerat/o
— cornea; hard, horny tissue
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myring/o, tympan/o
— eardrum, tympanic membrane
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ocul/o, ophthalm/o
— eye
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opt/o, optic/o
— vision, eye
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ot/o
— ear
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retin/o
— retina
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cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
— skin
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hidr/o
— sweat, sweat glands
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onych/o
— nail
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pil/o, trich/o
— hair
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seb/o
— sebum, oil
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ungu/o
— nail
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adren/o, adrenal/o
— adrenal gland
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gluc/o, glyc/o
— glucose, sugar
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gonad/o
— gonads, sex glands
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pancreat/o
— pancreas (endocrine)
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parathyroid/o
— parathyroid gland
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pituitar/o
— pituitary gland
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thyroid/o
— thyroid gland
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ment/o
— mind
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neur/o (mental)
— nerve, nervous system
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phren/o (mental)
— mind, diaphragm
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cervic/o
— cervix, neck
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colp/o, vagin/o
— vagina
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epididym/o
— epididymis
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hyster/o, uter/o
— uterus
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lact/o
— milk
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mamm/o, mast/o
— breast
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men/o
— menses, menstruation
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nat/o
— birth
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oophor/o, ovari/o
— ovary
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orchi/o, orchid/o
— testis
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prostat/o
— prostate gland
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salping/o
— fallopian tube, uterine tube
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terat/o
— malformed fetus
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fluor/o
— fluorescence, x-ray
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radi/o
— radiation, x-ray
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son/o
— sound
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tom/o
— to cut, section
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cephal/o
— head
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gnos/o
— knowledge
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hemat/o
— blood
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kines/i, kinet/o
— movement
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later/o
— side
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myc/o
— fungus
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narc/o
— stupor, numbness, sleep
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norm/o
— normal, rule
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physi/o
— nature, function
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sarc/o
— flesh, connective tissue
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somn/o, somn/i
— sleep
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staphyl/o
— grapelike clusters (bacteria)
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strept/o
— twisted chains (bacteria)
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viscer/o
— internal organs, viscera
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calcane/o
— calcaneus, heel bone
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clavicul/o
— clavicle, collarbone
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femor/o
— femur, thigh bone
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humer/o
— humerus, upper arm bone
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inguin/o
— groin
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lamin/o
— lamina, thin plate of vertebra
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patell/o
— patella, kneecap
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pelv/i, pelv/o
— pelvis
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pub/o
— pubis, pubic bone
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sacr/o
— sacrum
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tibi/o
— tibia, shin bone
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uln/o
— ulna, medial forearm bone
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embol/o
— embolus, plug, clot
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isch/o
— hold back, suppress
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vas/o
— vessel, vas deferens
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cholang/i, cholang/o
— bile duct
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dent/i, odont/o
— tooth, teeth
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sial/o
— saliva, salivary gland
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medull/o
— medulla, inner region
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phas/o
— speech
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phon/o
— voice, sound
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poli/o
— gray matter
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tax/o
— order, coordination
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mastoid/o
— mastoid process (behind ear)
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presby/o
— old age
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sinus/o
— sinus, cavity
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amni/o
— amnion, amniotic sac
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balan/o
— glans penis
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gravid/o
— pregnancy, pregnant
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perine/o
— perineum
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sperm/o, spermat/o
— sperm, spermatozoa
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vesicul/o
— seminal vesicle
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vulv/o
— vulva
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Clinical Terms (79)
DISEASE
arthritis
ar-THRY-tis
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DISEASE
osteoporosis
os-tee-oh-por-OH-sis
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DISEASE
fracture
FRAK-chur
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PROCEDURE
arthroscopy
ar-THROS-koh-pee
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SYMPTOM
myalgia
my-AL-jee-ah
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DISEASE
tendinitis
ten-din-EYE-tis
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DISEASE
scoliosis
skoh-lee-OH-sis
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DISEASE
hypertension
hy-per-TEN-shun
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DISEASE
myocardial infarction
my-oh-KAR-dee-al in-FARK-shun
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DISEASE
arrhythmia
ah-RITH-mee-ah
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DISEASE
atherosclerosis
ath-er-oh-skleh-ROH-sis
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PROCEDURE
angioplasty
AN-jee-oh-plas-tee
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DIAGNOSTIC
electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
ee-lek-troh-KAR-dee-oh-gram
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DISEASE
pneumonia
noo-MOH-nee-ah
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DISEASE
asthma
AZ-mah
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PROCEDURE
bronchoscopy
bron-KOS-koh-pee
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SYMPTOM
dyspnea
DISP-nee-ah
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DISEASE
pleural effusion
PLOO-ral eh-FYOO-zhun
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DISEASE
cholecystitis
koh-lee-sis-TY-tis
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DISEASE
hepatitis
hep-ah-TY-tis
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PROCEDURE
colonoscopy
koh-lon-OS-koh-pee
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DISEASE
gastroenteritis
gas-troh-en-ter-EY-tis
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DISEASE
nephritis
neh-FRY-tis
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DISEASE
cystitis
sis-TY-tis
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SYMPTOM
hematuria
hee-mah-TYOOR-ee-ah
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DISEASE
nephrolithiasis
nef-roh-lih-THY-ah-sis
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DISEASE
meningitis
men-in-JY-tis
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DISEASE
encephalitis
en-sef-ah-LY-tis
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DISEASE
neuropathy
nyoo-ROP-ah-thee
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DISEASE
hemiplegia
hem-ee-PLEE-jee-ah
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DISEASE
diabetes mellitus
dy-ah-BEE-teez mel-EYE-tus
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DISEASE
hypothyroidism
hy-poh-THY-royd-iz-em
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DISEASE
hyperthyroidism
hy-per-THY-royd-iz-em
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DISEASE
melanoma
mel-ah-NOH-mah
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DISEASE
dermatitis
der-mah-TY-tis
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DISEASE
psoriasis
soh-RY-ah-sis
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DISEASE
anemia
ah-NEE-mee-ah
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DISEASE
hemophilia
hee-moh-FIL-ee-ah
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DISEASE
polycythemia
pol-ee-sy-THEE-mee-ah
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DISEASE
leukopenia
loo-koh-PEE-nee-ah
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ANATOMY
hematopoiesis
hee-mat-oh-poy-EE-sis
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SYMPTOM
angina pectoris
AN-jy-nah PEK-tor-is
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DISEASE
congestive heart failure (CHF)
kon-JES-tiv hart FAYL-yer
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DISEASE
deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
deep vayn throm-BOH-sis
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DISEASE
aortic aneurysm
ay-OR-tik AN-yoo-riz-em
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DISEASE
pulmonary embolism (PE)
PUL-moh-ner-ee EM-boh-liz-em
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DISEASE
emphysema
em-fih-SEE-mah
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DISEASE
pneumothorax
noo-moh-THOR-aks
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SYMPTOM
hemoptysis
hee-MOP-tih-sis
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DISEASE
tuberculosis (TB)
too-ber-kyoo-LOH-sis
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DISEASE
sinusitis
sy-nus-EY-tis
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DISEASE
cirrhosis
sih-ROH-sis
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DISEASE
diverticulitis
dy-ver-tik-yoo-LY-tis
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DISEASE
urinary tract infection (UTI)
YOOR-ih-ner-ee trakt in-FEK-shun
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DISEASE
pyelonephritis
py-eh-loh-neh-FRY-tis
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DISEASE
renal failure
REE-nal FAYL-yer
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DISEASE
cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
seh-ree-broh-VAS-kyoo-lar AK-sih-dent
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DISEASE
Alzheimer's disease
ALTZ-hy-merz
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DISEASE
Parkinson's disease
PAR-kin-sunz
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DISEASE
epilepsy
EP-ih-lep-see
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DISEASE
multiple sclerosis (MS)
MUL-tih-pul skleh-ROH-sis
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SYMPTOM
ataxia
ah-TAK-see-ah
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DISEASE
glaucoma
glaw-KOH-mah
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DISEASE
cataract
KAT-ah-rakt
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DISEASE
otitis media
oh-TY-tis MEE-dee-ah
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DISEASE
presbyopia
prez-bee-OH-pee-ah
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DISEASE
cellulitis
sel-yoo-LY-tis
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DISEASE
urticaria
ur-tih-KAIR-ee-ah
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DISEASE
Cushing's syndrome
KOOSH-ingz SIN-drohm
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DISEASE
Addison's disease
AD-ih-sunz dih-ZEEZ
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DISEASE
bipolar disorder
by-POH-lar
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DISEASE
ectopic pregnancy
ek-TOP-ik PREG-nan-see
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DISEASE
preeclampsia
pree-ee-KLAMP-see-ah
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DISEASE
benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
beh-NINE pros-TAT-ik hy-per-PLAY-zhuh
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SYMPTOM
dysmenorrhea
dis-men-oh-REE-ah
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DISEASE
metastasis
meh-TAS-tah-sis
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DISEASE
sarcoma
sar-KOH-mah
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DISEASE
dysplasia
dis-PLAY-zhuh
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DISEASE
lymphadenopathy
lim-fad-eh-NOP-ah-thee
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